Journal-bearing for centrifugal machines.



No.'853,911. PATENTED MAY 14; 1907. s. c. ANKER-HOLTH.

JOURNAL BEARING FOB. GBNTRIPUGAL MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 14, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-Ion.-

SEVERIN o. ANKER-HOLTH, or RI'VEIRSIDE,-ILLI NOI S.

JOURNAL-BEARING FOR CENTRIFUGAL MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed December 14, 1906. Serial No. 347.814-

Be it known that I, SEVERIN C. ANKER- HOLTH, a citizen of the United States, residing atRiverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Journal- Bearings for Centrifugal Machines, of which the followingis a full description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cap of the bearing supporting case. tional elevation of the bearing and its supporting. case and devices therein contained.

. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the thimble B rest. The thimble is provided with longi- 1 A casing A is rovided,'- having a broad flan e a, by whic it may be secured to a fixed part of the main frame of a centrifugal mach1nea cream separator in the present instance. At its lower end, at (1 the metal constituting it is deflected inward so as to form a base upon which the thimble B ma tudinal slots 1) at its upper end in order that the journal bearing 0 maybe yieldingly and elastically sustained when laced therein, as shown in Fi s. 2 and 4. T e thimble is provided, at its ase, with a wide flange ,6 adapted to rest-u on the inturned flange of the casing A. he bearing C is exterlorly globular where engaged by the elastic portions of the thimble B, and at its upper end is.

heavily flan ed the flange a being referably grooved to form an oil recess. All partsof the casin and thethimble are preferably made of s eet metal stamped and pressed to form.

Because of the difliculty of erfectly bal- I ancing centrifugal machines a apted to rotate on a vertical axis, rovision must be made whereby the ourna bearing may shift its position horizontally. For this reason Fig. 21s a secventing such result.

ample space'between the bearing and surrounding parts, other than the upper members of the thimble, is provided. Accurate balancing of the bowl so as to run steadily often throws the journal of the spindle slightly eccentric, thus giving it a crank movement, when in rapid rotation. This fact, and the desirability of my present improvement, may be understood by reference to Fig. 4, wherein a: may be considered to represent the position of the geometrical center line of a spindle notexactly coincident with the center of ravity of the bowl which-it supports. The hearing is shown as thrown to one side.-

30 represents the position of the geometrical center of a spindle of a perfectly balanced bowl, in which case the said line is assumed to be strictly coincident with the center of gravity of the said bowl.

With the shaft having the eccentricity indicated byw, the thimble B will be rocked as shown in Fig. 4, and if given half a rotation the thimble will be .rocked to lean in the reverse direction; in fact,- the thimble will be given a rocking rolling motion by the bearing, the latter being given an orbital movement by the crank-like action of the shaft. I

The bearing being forced to shift slightly in its position within the elastic portions of the thimble, the tendency often is to work it either upwardly or downwardly, and my present invention is for the purpose of pre- Provision is made, as my former patent referred to, for pressing the thimble elastically downward upon its support a. This is accomplished by the spring D, which surrounds the thimble and rests uponthe outwardly turned flan e at the base thereof. To limit any upward movement of the journal bearing, incident to the shiftin movement of the thimble, I provide the dis -like cap plate E, securing it directly upon the flange a, of the casin A, but raise it centrally to a distance a litt e higher. than the depth of the flange c of the journal bearing. The plate is centrally open sufficiently to permit the bowl spindle to pass, and the inner surface of the.

upper portion is preferably given a slight curvature. This cap may be secured to the casing in any manner, but I prefer to cut the meta of the casing in such a manner as to form raised lips, as shown in Figs'. 1 and 5, and in the cap provide apertures through which the lips may be passed and be permitted to engage the cap plate when slightly turned relative thereto.

In order that the spring D may have no action Whatever upon the ournal bearing to force it against the plate immediately above it, I provide a disk G large enough to rest beneath the lower horizontal portion of the cap E, and a ainst this disk I permit the upper portion 0 the spring D to rest. The disk is provided with an opening sufliciently large to permit the journal bearing to shift position as thrown by any eccentric action of the spindle. The upper flange c of the journal bearing, as above shown in Fig. 2, is seen to be freely sustained between the raised portion of the cap plate E above it and the disk G I beneath it, and the spring is prevented from influencing the journal bearing in any manner except through the instrumentality of the thimble B.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a journal bearing, a casing having an inwardly-turned flange at its bottom, a bearing-supporting thimble, the latter sustained by the said inwardly-turned flange and elastically pressed thereon, a bearing engaged by said thimble and its lateral movement's 0011- I trolled thereby, said bearing also having a 5 circumferential flan e, and limitin plates above and below said circumferentia flange, all combined substantially as described.

to be locke 2. In a journal bearing, a casing having an outwardly-turned flange at its top and an inwardly-turned flange at its bottom, a bearing-supporting thimble, the latter sustained by the said inwardly-turned flange and elastically pressed thereon, a bearing engaged by said thimble and its lateral movements con trolled thereby, said bearing also having a circumferential flan e, and limitin lates above and below sai circumferentiafi fihnge, said limitin plate above said flange adapted g to the outwardly-turned flange formed on the top of the said casing, all combined substantially as described.

3. In a journal bearing, a casing having an inwardly-turned flange at its bottom, a bearing-supporting thimble provided with an outwardly-turned flange and sustained by the said inwardly-turned flange at the bottom of said casing, a bearing engaged by said thimble and its lateral movement controlled thereby, said bearing also having a circumferential flange, a limiting plate beneath said circumferential flange, elastic means located between said outwardly-turned flange of the thimble and said limiting plate, and a limiting cap-plate above the flange of said bearing, all arranged and combined substantially as described.

SEVERIN C. ANKER-HOLTH.

Witnesses:

. B. C. WAIT,

C. R. BEHNISH. 

